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CNN’s Israel bias has been laid bare. But CNN is the norm, not the exception
Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/cnn-israel-bias-laid-bare-norm-not-exception
Jonathan Cook | Western media can never truly report the extent of Israel’s criminality because to do so would be to expose their long-running complicity in those crimes | Leaks from within CNN reveal that for months its executives have been actively imposing an editorial line designed to reinforce Israel’s framing of events in Gaza, to the point of obscuring atrocities by the Israeli military. The dictates, say insiders, have resulted in senior staff refusing to accept assignments to the region "because they do not believe they will be free to tell the whole story". Others suspect they are being kept away by editors who fear they will fight the restrictions. ● Internal memos insist that stories be approved by the station’s Jerusalem bureau, where staff are widely seen as partisans who slant reports in Israel’s favour. Palestinian perspectives are tightly restricted. "Ultimately, CNN’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza war amounts to journalistic malpractice," one staffer told an investigation by the Guardian newspaper.
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